C# File GetLastWriteTimeUtc

Description

File GetLastWriteTimeUtc Returns the date and time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the specified file or directory was last written to.

Syntax

File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc has the following syntax.

public static DateTime GetLastWriteTimeUtc(
  string path
)

Parameters

File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc has the following parameters.

• path - The file or directory for which to obtain write date and time information.

Returns

File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc method returns A DateTime structure set to the date and time that the specified file or directory was last written to. This value is expressed in UTC time.

Example

The following example demonstrates GetLastWriteTimeUtc.

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using System;
using System.IO;

class Test 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
      string path = @"c:\Temp\MyTest.txt";
      File.SetLastWriteTime(path, new DateTime(2014,4,3));

      DateTime dt = File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(path);
      Console.WriteLine("The last write time for this file was {0}.", dt);
      
    }
}